Jim Weiss, award winning storyteller and recording artist will perform original and classic stories on Wednesday June 3 at 2:30 at the Downtown Library and at 7pm at the Mendenhall Valley Library.  Hear an exerpt from his story, “Giggly Biggly and the Invitation”.

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Join us this summer the three public libraries for our Summer Reading Program: Be Creative.  For event details, go to www.juneau.org/library or download your own June event’s calendar, here.  This podcast provides a brief overview of our summer programs for kids.

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NPR will be turning to best-selling Chinese authors this week to gain some insight into the people’s perspectives on the People’s Republic during its controversial 60 years of rule. Today’s story, the first of the three parts, focuses on Jian Rong’s, Wolf Totem which I happened to pick up not too long ago, fascinated by the subject of Beijing intellectuals electing to go live with the nomadic people of Inner Mongolia and learning from their cultural adoration for the wolf. Listen to the story and join in the conversation, here.

Written by Bruce Coville and performed as a full-cast recording by The Floyd Dryden Eagles Drama Club.  The Juneau Public Libraries as well as the students and staff at Floyd Dryden Middle School are especially greatful to Bruce Coville for this wonderful opportunity.  Enjoy.  This recording is exclusive to JPL Podcasts, you heard it here first!

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